This is a short Speed Coll guide for speeds/records, which means it requires a (very) good team.
First of all, make sure to have the "Always right-click" option enabled, helps a lot! (go in settings --> controls)
Wave 1:
Spoiler: click to toggle During speeds/records you should be next to ladder, and go up if needed (to get 30s wave 1). I'll add what to do during races/fun rounds: * Run straight north before calling or knowing the call. * If call is Red, then go west to prevent luring healers, grab 2 red eggs and either load west if there's a westie or east, then shoot runners. * If call is Blue, then keep going north until you reach that spot (red square), look at where I click on the minimap (pink square). This spot is the first spot where, when you get a westie it won't run through you, so that you can actually block the 1st runner if it's a westie. If the runner is a westie, keep blocking it until it moves south/east (you can 'follow' it (go 5 squares south from block spot) if it goes south, but def should be fast enough to lure it to trap now, so the best is to go a bit east (yellow square) to be 1 west of runner spawn (blue circle). If the first runner isn't a westie, go to yellow square spot already (you can follow it if it goes south if you want, then go to yellow square spot). 
Wave 2:
Spoiler: click to toggle * Run straight north before calling or knowing the call. * If call is Red, then go west to prevent luring healers, grab 3-4 red eggs, depending on how fast you get them and load west. Once the last runner spawns, do not call for attackers, shoot it once, then call. * If call is Blue, then keep going north until you reach that spot (red square), look at where I click on the minimap (pink square). This spot is the first spot where, when you get a westie it won't run through you, so that you can actually block the 1st runner if it's a westie. If the runner is a westie, keep blocking it until it moves south/east (you can 'follow' it (go 5 squares south from block spot) if it goes south, but def should be fast enough to lure it to trap now, so the best is to go a bit east (yellow square) to be 1 west of runner spawn (blue circle). Stay at this spot until the wave ends, make sure you instant call for atts. If the first runner isn't a westie, go to yellow square spot already (you can follow it if it goes south if you want, then go to yellow square spot). 
Wave 3:
Spoiler: click to toggle * Run straight north before calling or knowing the call. * If call is Red, then go west to prevent luring healers, grab 5 red eggs and load west. Once the 3rd runner spawns, call for attackers as fast as possible, then shoot it once. Make sure you are actually shooting the 3rd runner and not one of the 2 first. When the last runner spawns, shoot it once too. * If call is Blue, then keep going north until you reach that spot (red square), look at where I click on the minimap (pink square). This spot is the first spot where, when you get a westie it won't run through you, so that you can actually block the 1st runner if it's a westie. If the runner is a westie, keep blocking it until it moves south/east (you can 'follow' it (go 5 squares south from block spot) if it goes south, but def should be fast enough to lure it to trap now, so the best is to go a bit east (yellow square) to be 1 west of runner spawn (blue circle). Stay at this spot until the wave ends, make sure you instant call for atts. If the first runner isn't a westie, go to yellow square spot already (you can follow it if it goes south if you want, then go to yellow square spot). 
Wave 4:
Spoiler: click to toggle *If call is Red, go west and grab around 5-7 red eggs (you should be collecting until around 25s), then go east as fast as possible and load. Shoot healers or last runner if it's a westie. *If call is Blue, go east and wait for defender + healer to run up first, then go to the spot where I am to lure the other healers. You could also lure the first two healers, but that doesn't really help, and you can usually then get stacked healers lured, which doesn't help much either. :p ***If second call is Green, then stay at this spot and keep luring healers. ***If second call is Red, then grab 2-3 reds and shoot healers east. 
Wave 5:
Spoiler: click to toggle *If call is Red, go west and grab around 7-10 red eggs (you should stop collecting just a bit before call switches), then go east as fast as possible and try to lure the last healer, standing on a particular spot to be as close as possible to cannon and to prevent blocking runners (purple square) (this spot is 1 west of the northern part of the east cannon). If another healer comes to poison you, let it poison you, focus on the healer that will spawn. Once it spawned, no matter if you actually lured it, go load. Shoot healers. *If call is Blue, go west and get 4-6 blue eggs very fast then run to conv. If you are fast enough you should be able to conv once before call changes. ***If second call is Green, then conv once more, load reds and shoot healers. ***If second call is Red, then either convert once more your eggs (if you have 5-6 greens) or get 2-4 red eggs near east trap, then load and shoot healers. 
Wave 6:
Spoiler: click to toggle *If call is Red, go west and collect red eggs during whole first call, then go east as fast as possible and try to lure the fifth healer, if it's not going for you, wait until the last healer spawns, standing on a particular spot to be as close as possible to cannon and to prevent blocking runners (purple square), then load 5 red eggs. If there are 2+ other people on cannon already, load your other eggs 1 by 1. When you load your last egg, shoot too. Else shoot already healers, make sure you shoot the last 2, don't waste eggs on the first 4 healers. *If call is Blue, go west and get as many blue eggs as you can. ***If second call is Green, if you have 10+ blue eggs, then go double conv, then load and do what's described above. Else, get around 6-8 green eggs, then conv and go load. You should collect greens during around 9-12 seconds. ***If second call is Red, then get around 8-10 red eggs, while you run to load you can sometimes lure the last healer, but don't wait to try to lure it. You should collect reds during around 12-15 seconds. 
Wave 7:
Spoiler: click to toggle *If call is Red, go west and collect red eggs during whole first call. ***If second call is Green, collect around 8-10 green eggs, go convert and load. You should collect greens during around 11-14 seconds. ***If second call is Blue, collect around 6-8 blue eggs, go convert twice and load. You should collect blues during around 9-12 seconds. *If call is Blue, go west and collect blue eggs during whole first call. ***If second call is Green, collect 11-15 green eggs, go convert and load. You should collect greens during around 15-18 seconds. ***If second call is Red, then collect red eggs during almost the entire call, then go east to the purple square spot and try to lure the last healer, once it spawns, go load. You should collect reds during around 24-27 seconds. 
Wave 8:
Spoiler: click to toggle Add around 1-2 eggs and 1-2 seconds compared to wave 7 and don't try to lure the 3rd healer who comes out, because there is none. :p
Wave 9:
Spoiler: click to toggle *If call is Red, go west and collect red eggs during whole first call.
***If second call is Green, collect around 13-16 green eggs, go convert and load. You should collect greens during around 17-20 seconds.
***If second call is Blue, collect around 10-12 blue eggs, go convert twice and load. You should collect blues during around 14-17 seconds.
*If call is Blue, go west and collect blue eggs during whole first call.
***If second call is Green, collect 15-18 green eggs, go convert and load. You should collect greens during around 20-23 seconds.
***If second call is Red, then collect red eggs during the entire call, then go load.
Wave 10:
Spoiler: click to toggle *If call is Red, go west and collect red eggs during whole first call.
***If second call is Green, collect around 8-10 green eggs, go convert and load. You should collect greens during around 11-14 seconds.
***If second call is Blue, collect around 6-8 blue eggs, go convert twice and load. You should collect blues during around 9-12 seconds.
*If call is Blue, go west and collect blue eggs during whole first call.
***If second call is Green, collect 11-15 green eggs, go convert and load. You should collect greens during around 15-18 seconds.
***If second call is Red, then collect red eggs during almost the entire call, then go a bit east and try to lure the last healer, once it spawns, go load. You should collect reds during around 24-27 seconds.
Queen:
Spoiler: click to toggle Blocking queen:*If you are solo blocking, go to that spot, then move according to queen's movements to get the egg asap, this spot prevents it from going north.  *If you are duo blocking, go to that spot, then move according to queen's movements to get the egg asap, this spot prevents it from going north, east, and north-west. Loading egg:*Make sure you have 'pre-loaded' the cannon (means there needs to be at least an egg loaded already (red/blue/green)). *Make sure that you load it from 1-2 squares south of the hopper.
PS: Always call egg colours in cc, if for example the 1st call is Red, then just say R or Red, then if the 2nd is blue, say something like Rb.
PS2: When you load, always make sure you watch what happens: if eggs are being shot at an almost dead healer, stop loading for a few secs, if there aren't enough eggs in hopper, load 5 so that shooters don't get a message saying there aren't red eggs loaded, then load them back 1 by 1 (only if 2+ shooters), ...
PS3: What makes a good speed collector imo is 3 things: the amount of eggs you collect, the time you spend collecting them and the way you load eggs. Now that you pretty much know anything you need to know, practice!
(note: need to add how to run to go convert)
Edited by DUCKl, 12 Nov 2014, 02:39.
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